Swipehouse YC Application

Winter 2018Acquired

Swipehouse went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2018 batch as a Consumer company. Below: what the company does, who founded it, and its application to YC, reconstructed question by question in the real YC form.

YC batch: Winter 2018
Industry: ConsumerSocial
Team size: 5
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2017

Founders

Luke HeineFounder
Raphael RouvinovFounder

What Swipehouse does

The biggest social network in the world for TikTok celebs. One of the first 5 companies in the US to get the TikTok API. Launched over 400 companies on TikTok in under a year. Work with Ridge, Hopper, and more. Acquired in 2021.

Swipehouse's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Swipehouse, Winter 2018 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Swipehouse

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Meet other creators. Get daily matches. Find brand deals.

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We built a social network specifically for TikTok creators to connect with each other and discover brand partnership opportunities. The product matches creators daily to foster collaborations and helps brands find the right influencers for their campaigns.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

We live in Cambridge, MA and the company is based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are based in Cambridge because it's where our founding team lives and where we have access to technical talent and a startup community that supports our work on the TikTok creator ecosystem.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Swipehouse YC application?

No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Swipehouse's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Swipehouse would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.